A surge of heat rushed to her head, and it wasn't until much later that Ino regained her senses and came to her senses.
" The Mind Body Disturbance Technique!"
"The Ninth Path of False Binding: The Wall of the Heart".
The invisible chaos of her mind suddenly reversed, turning Ino into a puppet once again. Huayue smiled without saying a word, giving her time to regain her senses.
The next day, as dawn broke, Ino regained consciousness and heard a familiar, gentle voice in her ear.
"You silly child, you don't even cover yourself properly with the blanket when you sleep at night."
That sound...
Ino opened her eyes, and a face that had grown old in her memories suddenly looked remarkably young.
"Mom? What happened? Mom, how did you become so young?"
Seeing her daughter startled so early in the morning, Ino's usually gentle mother quickly placed her hand on Ino's forehead.
"She doesn't have a cold? Could she be sick? I'll go check on Sakura later; she'll get sick if she doesn't cover herself properly with the blanket..."
At the dining table, Yamanaka Inoichi was leisurely reading the newspaper. Four years had passed without war or missions. Now, his job was to be in charge of the communications bureau, screening dangerous messages that might threaten the Reishi Network.
The battles were handled by patrol groups composed of ninjas from the original Five Great Nations and the armed forces within Hueco Mundo, led by Arrancar.
Now in middle age and semi-retired, Yamanaka Inoichi has nothing to do all day and has shifted the energy he usually puts on his work to his family.
"Honey, take the child to the hospital later. I don't know what's wrong with the child. He started talking nonsense early this morning."
Ino, who had just come downstairs and whose thoughts were still in a mess, was even more speechless upon hearing this. In her memory, her mother was already very old.
But now they seem to have more energy than I do. What's wrong with this world?
And what about that strange man from yesterday? Where is Sai?
After hesitating for a moment, Ino decided to take the initiative and investigate the changes in the world without leaving a trace.
To everyone's surprise, his words caused his parents to change color drastically, and even Inoichi put down the newspaper he was holding.
"Dad, are there no tasks in the village today?"
Snap!
The newspaper slipped from Ino's hand, Ino's mother quickly hid behind Inoichi. Ino froze on the spot, because her father was staring at her with a wary expression.
"You're not my daughter. No, that's not right. Your accent is so similar, and your tone of voice is almost identical. What's going on?"
" Ino, you just mentioned the village's mission, didn't you!"
Seeing this, Yamanaka Ino was even more certain that this was no longer the world she was familiar with, and couldn't help but ask in return.
"What happened to the village's mission?"
" Ino, the village's missions are outdated, dating back four years. Now, no ninjas are required to have missions anymore. The ninja system... has been abandoned for four years."
Ino was stunned upon hearing this. Ninjas weren't carrying out missions, and the mission system had been abolished for four years. What exactly happened in this world?
Squeak!
The gate opened, and a group of beings in white robes and wearing strange masks entered, quickly fixing their gazes on Yamanaka Ino.
" Ino, what happened?"
" Naruto? Why are you dressed like that? By the way, where are Sasuke and Sai? Where are they?"
After a long while, when the chaos subsided, Inoichi finally realized that the person in front of him was indeed his daughter, but Ino, who came from another world more than ten years in the future.
"What did you say? I sealed Kaguya during the Fourth Great Ninja War, then married Hinata, and had a son and a daughter?"
Hearing Ino say this, Naruto shook his head repeatedly; he simply couldn't imagine that astonishing sight.
Rather than having children, he now wants to contribute to world peace; that's something for later.
Moreover, although Hinata appears to be very quiet and beautiful, her volatile temper, like a mad rabbit, makes Naruto want to keep his distance.
"More important than this, how is my daughter now? She's not in any danger, right?"
Yamanaka Inoichi's face was full of worry. As a father, he didn't want to know what would happen in twenty years; he just wanted to know if his child was safe and sound.
"It's alright, there won't be any problems with the teachers here. However, this situation requires urgent handling, so please don't spread this news around to avoid causing unease among the public."
Naruto spoke loudly, leaving Ino completely bewildered. In this world, Naruto's teacher?
Who could it be? Could it be Iruka-sensei? When did Iruka-sensei become so capable?
The ninjas I used to know were now dressed in pure white, clearly the patrol team members my father had mentioned.
As for Naruto, he wore a long sword with a pure white scabbard at his waist, and the azure full moon on his cloak and the mask hanging at his waist likely indicated that he was a member of the Arrancar.
" Naruto, may I ask if the Fourth Great Ninja War has ended yet?"
"It's over. Under the guidance of our teacher, Uchiha Madara and the ninja system have become relics of the old era. The current ninjas are officially entering New Era of Shinobi..."
Hearing this, Ino was extremely surprised and took the opportunity to ask a question.
"Wait, does that mean you and Sasuke aren't the two strongest people in the Ninja World?"
"The strongest?"
Naruto quickly shook his head and laughed self-deprecatingly.
"The strongest being is of course the teacher, followed by the Rabbit Goddess, Otsutsuki Kaguya, then Otsutsuki Toneri, Sasuke and I, Neji and Hinata, and then Haku..."
Hearing a string of bizarre names, Ino was completely bewildered.
Haku? Isn't that Kirigakure? And who is Otsutsuki Kaguya? Isn't Otsutsuki Toneri the guy who tried to Hinata and make her his bride...?
Seeing that she still couldn't quite grasp the concept, Naruto shook his head helplessly and pointed to the hovercar that had been waiting outside the door for a long time.
"We'll discuss the details back at Hueco Mundo. We should have a better understanding of what happened soon..."
Before long, the group arrived at the surface base of Hueco Mundo.
Seeing the tall, magnificent, and technologically advanced pure white base before her, Ino was once again certain that this world was not the world she knew.
Soon, outside the Hueco Mundo laboratory, Ino smiled slightly, his eyes shining Orochimaru, as he faced an uncomfortable Ino.
"A soul from another world? This is a bit tricky. Go ask your teacher; he should have a specific solution..."
"It seems that you will be the only one to go see the professor. His laboratory is on the top floor. I have some things to take care of, so I'll take my leave first."
The rapid disappearance of Naruto and the others astonished Ino even more; they hadn't even formed any hand seals, so how could they have vanished in an instant?
Anxious and uneasy, Ino silently arrived at the top floor of Hueco Mundo and slowly pushed open the blue and white door in front of her.
The next second, a familiar face came into view.